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St Bernadette's RC Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic179 pupilsLarbertFalkirk
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils getting extra support32%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher16.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll179Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

St Bernadette's RC Primary School is a council school in Larbert for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 179 pupils.

Edward Avenue, Stenhousemuir, LARBERT, Larbert, FK5 4XR01324 503400stbernadettes.edusite.co.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for St Bernadette's RC Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Falkirk council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll179Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support32%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English17%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas20%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
23P1
21P2
29P3
32P4
15P5
27P6
32P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 16116120222023: 15615620232024: 17517520242025: 18118120252026: 1791792026
Since 2022: +18
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll179181175156161
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)32.4%24.9%21.1%18.6%16.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language17.3%10.5%9.7%6.4%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio16.417.116.514.716.815.216.5
Average class sizeAverage class size25.625.925.022.323.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers10.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher16.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.6Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Stenhousemuir Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinnaird Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles665HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carron Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles274HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carronshore Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles245HMIE, no open dataCompare
Larbert Village Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles320HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ladeside Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles228HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langlees Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bainsford Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles164HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Bernadette's RC Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Bernadette's RC Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does St Bernadette's RC Primary School have?

179 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Edward Avenue, Stenhousemuir, LARBERT, Larbert, FK5 4XR
Telephone
01324 503400
Website
stbernadettes.edusite.co.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Falkirk
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
1000128
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from